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Brussels, 1 March 2006 (ICFTU OnLine) A labour activist, held in prison since March 2002, has been released by the Chinese authorities three weeks ahead of completing a four-year sentence. However, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions has learnt that the persecution of Xiao Yunliang, a prominent independent labour activist from China’s Liaoning Province,
Read moreBrussels, 27 February 2006 (ICFTU OnLine) A new ICFTU report on the observance of core labour standards in Djibouti denounces the violations suffered by the country’s workers for over 15 years. The government of Djibouti restricts freedom of association, the right to strike and collective bargaining both in law and in practice. It also turns
Read moreBrussels, 22 February 2006 (ICFTU online): The ICFTU has applauded yesterday’s adoption by the International Finance Corporation (the private sector lending arm of the World Bank) of a new loan performance standard on labour rights and working conditions. After the new standard is implemented in the coming weeks, all companies that borrow from the IFC
Read moreBrussels, 21 February 2006 (ICFTU online): Two Djiboutian trade union leaders have been arrested by the country’s security services. These imprisonments come on top of a long list of trade union violations in Djibouti. Next week the ICFTU will be publishing a report on the observance of international labour standards in the country. Mohamed Ahmed
Read moreBrussels, 21 February 2006 (ICFTU online): How to manage a hairdressing salon or a welding shop? What are the basic rights of a worker in the informal economy? Armed only with their teaching materials, the educators trained by the Programme for the Reinforcement of Trade Union Action in the Informal Economy (PRASEI) have reached a
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